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SEP 17-23 2001 isasfer cover H) lissom- jtinsffl9Bm I Mm 11 1 11 1 1, 11 Ii 41 1' the guide The news industry was given a fiery workout last week, as all five networks scrambled to cover the terrorist attack on the US. Luckily, because of the US Open tennis tournament and prime minister John Howard's visit to Washington, all the networks had correspondents in New York and Washington. This is how the local free-to-air coverage unfolded: .5 "Vs. -1 Like rocket science, newsreading apparently takes great concentration; a stranger could put Hendo off. 1 it 4'tH'l'iUI, I ft" t'irtlii 10.45 pm: Plane crashes into north tower of New York's World Trade Centre Sandra Sully interrupts Ten's late news (approx 10.50pm) to cross to CNN's footage of the World Trade Centre ablaze; Seven airs the headline in a newsbreak (10.51 pm).

11.03 pm: Plane crashes into south tower Ten carries CNN feed of second plane crash and shelves Sports Tonightior continuous coverage, still breaking for ads; Jim Waley carries first report on Nine (11.07pm); Nine reporter Michael Usher, at JFK Airport preparing to board a Sydney-bound flight, returns to Manhattan to file his first report. 11.25 pm: President Bush makes first address to nation Nine drops ads and begins continuous coverage (11.27pm), using vision from CNN, ABC and CBS and crossing to its correspondent Nigel Blunden in Washington; Seven drops ads and begins continuous coverage witfNatalie Barr (approx 1 1 ABC TV broadcasts a special edition of Lateline. Australians start calling Australian newsrooms directly from mobile phones in Manhattan. 11.45 pm: Plane crashes into Pentagon Coverage continues. Seven crosses to Hamish Berry (11.50pm), an Australian who witnessed both crashes from his office a block from theWTC.

Midnight: South tower of WTC collapses Seven crosses to Glenn Milne in Washington; Nine crosses to Michelle Stone in New York; Ten crosses to Deborah Knight in Washington, DC; SBS news chief Phil Martin informed (12.30am). I1'. i HI SZZlZl lllllilll L. JliAkClil II in I ii lini' iiifii 5.55 pm Laurie Oakes's story arrives from Canberra. He rarely files any earlier but, says Fenn, "he's never let us down.

Never, 5.56 pm The Tampa story is done. Zutt runs it into news exchange, where it's sent to Nine's other channels. It arrives in the other capitals at 5.58pm and 52 seconds. 5.59 pm Countdown begins in the control room. "One minute." A huge bank of screens faces a long bench staffed by four people, the director in the middle.

"Thirty seconds." It's what we've all seen in movies and I half expect Al Pacino to walk in. "Fifteen seconds." The Hercules has stopped making noises. "Ready The excitement is tangible. "Camera one next five, four, three, two and the theme music kicks in. The Tampa story runs without a hitch.

As the director says at the end, it's a wipe. "Thanks very much everybody. Well done." 12.37 am: North tower collapses SBS switches to BBC World feed (12.40am); Ten drops commercials. 12:54 am: Section of Pentagon collapses All networks broadcast continuously through the night. Sandra Sully signs off from Ten, which switches to CNN feed; Jim Waley continues to anchor Nine, which carries John Howard's speech in Washington (approx 5.30am.); Steve Liebmann and Ali Moore take over Nine's coverage at 6am; Chris Reason takes over Seven's coverage at 1 am.

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